1861-1877

Lesson Ideas

America The Story of Us - A series with resources for teachers (episodes off itunes) or website
CIVIL WAR
America_Episode4_guide_FIN.pdf
America_Episode5_guide_FIN.pdf


WEST (Black Elk Speaks)
America_Episode6_guide_FIN.pdf

Gettysburg Film Sheet (Good supplement for showing clips of G-Burg)

• Letters From the Civil War "I take up my pen." (Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)

Letters from the Civil War: The Collection: Slideshow "I take up my pen"Students are to read and view the slide show.
After reading and viewing the slide show, students are to create a letter discussing the main ideas of the presentation.

• Wilberforce, Lincoln, and the Abolition of Slavery (Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)

Wilberforce, Lincoln, and the Abolition of Slavery Students are to summarize the main ideas of the presentation.

• Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation (Gilder Lehrman Institute of American Technology)

Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation Students are to view and read each slide of the presentation and then
write a summary of Lincoln's ideas on slavery.

Emancipation Primary Source (Guided Reading Breakdown)


Cindy Lonergan's CIVIL WAR BATTLES Project
http://lonerganpmsdhistory.wikispaces.com/Civil+War+Home+Page

Explorepahistory.com: Is seeing believingCIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS!!

Using main idea and summarizing strategies for primary sources:
Lincoln's Letter to Horace Greeley


Summary and Significance of Gettysburg Address (Summary/Main Idea)

• The Reconstruction Amendments: Official Documents of Social History

Reconstruction Amendments: Official Documents as Social History (Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)

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INTERACTIVES
Website for Civil War with interactive maps - recommended by Shawn Canady
http://blog.teachthecivilwar.com/

MORE INTERACTIVES FORWARDED BY SHAWN
There are numerous interactive Civil War maps out there that can be used on a Promethean board.
National Geographic
http://java.nationalgeographic.com/maps/civilwar/

The History Channel’s Sherman’s March to the Sea:
http://www.history.com/civilwar/shermansmarch/

Civil War Preservation Trust
http://www.civilwar.org/maps/

More resources on using technology to teach the Civil War can be found at: http://www.teachthecivilwar.com and http://www.civilwarsallie.com

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SAS Suggestions
Interactive Gettysburg Address (*SAS Suggestion) - does not seem to work well, but has a SPANISH TRANSLATION OF GETTYSBURG ADD.
http://logs2.smithsonian.museum/FlashBrowser/viewfa.html?path=kioskinteractives/GA_final/Document_gallery2.cis&aratio=1.77

JEFFERSON DAVIS' RESPONSE TO Gettysburg Address - suggested by (*SAS Suggested)
Click here for page 1 of the interactive document.

Click here for page 2 of the interactive document.

Click here for page 3 of the interactive document.

Click here for page 4 of the interactive document.

Online DBQ for Causes of Civil War - by a teacher from NY State (*SAS Suggested)
http://www.edteck.com/dbq/dbquest/quest11.htm